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• GENERAL STATEMENT The property proposed as a sand and vel pit lies approximately three and one-half miles east of , Colorado, north of Hiqhway 6, between the Eagle River and t ver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. The property contai acres. (See Exhibit A for the legal description and Genera Plan) . Approximately the eastern one-half of the property was permitted by Eagle County as a gravel pit in September, 1978. The entire property is zoned Resource. It has been requested by a recently submitted amendment to the Special Use Permit that the boundaries of the pit be extended to the west in order to include the entire 51. 5 acres . It has also been requested that the permit be amended to include an asphalt hot plant. This Environmental Impact Report, at the request of Eagle County, will address both the expansion of the permit area and the addition of the asphalt hot plant. EXISTING CONDITIONS The acreage as it currently exists is indicated on Exhibit B. In • general, only the center portion of the property has been mined. A portion of this mined area is used as a settling pond and for sediment storage. The eastern portion of the mined area is desiq- nated for a concrete batch plant. A crusher is now located immedi- ately east of the mined area. Several aggregate stockpiles are located between the mined area and the truck scales . A sand stock- pile is located near the entrance gate. The remaining acreage, west of the mined area, is a dry gravel terrace. This portion of the property is sparsely covered with native grasses and sage brush. Some riparian vegetation exists along the irrigation ditch. None of this property is irrigated. PROPOSED EXPANSION AND 1984 RECLAMATION The proposed expansion is discussed in detail in the recently submitted amendment to the Special Use Permit. Briefly, it is proposed that the western portion of the property, not presently permitted, be the area to be mined in the near future. Mininq operations will commence at the west end of the mined area and extend to the west. Exhibit C indicates how the entire permitted area will be utilized in the near future and indicates where certain areas will be reclaimed during 1984 . • Specifically, the permit area for the east boundary to the scales approximately 800 feet west of the entry gate, will be temporarily reclaimed - this area may be mined in the distant future. Temporary reclamation will consist of moving existing stockpiles, recontour. ina,